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Topic: Martyrs - 2008

Well Ii bought Martyrs dvd and watched it last night. I guess I was or had high hopes for it from some reviews on here but it wasn't was gory as I thought it would be. Yeah some of the shotgun kills scenes were okay but I could name 20 horror films off the top of my head that had better kills and were much more gorier than Martyrs was.

The story for it was decent and the 2 lead females in it were good actresses but I just didn't really care for this film too much. I think that High Tension, Frontiers, and Inside were much better and gorier french films than Martyrs was.

I didn't like the ending to Martyrs either.

Overall I would give it a 5 out of 10 rating but that's just my opinion of it lol.:P:lol:

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I bought it a few weeks ago but have yet to pop it in. I think next Thursday on my off day I am gonna do a French movie marathon withsome sort of combo of Martyrs, Inside, Frontiers, Delicatessen, Ils, Calavaire, and Sheitan

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Martyrs had a elements of the awful 90's flick called The Cell in it starring Jennifer Lopez and Eli Roth's crappy Hostel in it. I mean Martyrs was much better than those 2 films mind ya but it still just didn't do it for me.

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I want to buy it just for the discussion I can have with people after seeing it. I thought it was okay and achieved what it set out to do, but it fell a little short for me. I agree with this being the lesser of the recent French movies, but I do give them credit for trying something a little different. I really liked the first 10 - 15 minutes, but then it went in a direction I didn't care as much about. Like I said though, it is still on my list of "to buy" dvd's.

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This film was too much like Hostel though and it had a strong story to it too. Hostel was sadistic too imho. I understand you're points Meh and Maven but the film just didn't do it for me is all. The story wasn't what I thought it would be or could have been imho. To each his own and I do think that Frontiers had a better story for it and was more sadistic in ways.

Now if you wanna see a really sadistic type film then go watch the asian film Audition.;)

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jmh314 wrote:

I bought it a few weeks ago but have yet to pop it in. I think next Thursday on my off day I am gonna do a French movie marathon withsome sort of combo of Martyrs, Inside, Frontiers, Delicatessen, Ils, Calavaire, and Sheitan

Now that sounds like fun!I have Martyrs in my queue and can't wait to see it, especially after all the discussion I have heard here.Calvaire is an excelent film, just brutal and wacked! But I believe that it is Belgian rather than French.

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They weren't supposed to be enjoyable. LOL This is not torture porn.

SPOILER**********************************************

It's not the violence itself, rather the intent. In other films you can say "woo, she's crazy" or "damn he's an asshole when he's drunk" but here it was on purpose and relentless. THAT is what makes it hard. THAT is the point. There is no way to reconcile what is happening when the beating continues even after she has become docile and submissive. There is nothing she can do to make it go away. There is nothing she can do to make them stop. They aren't angry. They aren't drunk. They aren't crazy. They are attempting to prove a point with no remorse, no regret, no sympathy and they will stop at nothing to get their answer.

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moviemaven wrote:

They weren't supposed to be enjoyable. LOL This is not torture porn.

SPOILER**********************************************

It's not the violence itself, rather the intent. In other films you can say "woo, she's crazy" or "damn he's an asshole when he's drunk" but here it was on purpose and relentless. THAT is what makes it hard. THAT is the point. There is no way to reconcile what is happening when the beating continues even after she has become docile and submissive. There is nothing she can do to make it go away. There is nothing she can do to make them stop. They aren't angry. They aren't drunk. They aren't crazy. They are attempting to prove a point with no remorse, no regret, no sympathy and they will stop at nothing to get their answer.

And then the message. Laugier's whole point is mesmerizing.

And just how sober are bats anyway?

**********ATTENTION SPOILERS******(Do not read below if you haven't seen Martyrs yet);)

But what exactly is their point........lol, to make some Martyr out of beating the tar crap out of women lol.....that's just insane. Make them grow weak and weary and dillusional just so they can see another world lol.....This film is more like The Cell to me in that aspect of it.

I'm sorry, I'm not ranting lol at all. I just think that the film wasn't all that and was a bit disappointed in it. It also had elements of Dark City in it too.

C'mon......give the RIP a smooch on the cheek or slap me silly lol.:P:lol:

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Then you both get kisses too.

TDSR, I'm so glad you feel that way. Tell me if you agree with what I said about the violence and why it's hard to take. I'd love to hear your take on it as a woman. Do you think it makes it any different for us?